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Owners Now Call AI Essential to Running a Building. Most Cannot Actually Use It Yet.

Owners Now Call AI Essential to Running a Building. Most Cannot Actually Use It Yet.

59% of real estate leaders expect AI to transform building operations, but only 36% have scaled it. Why the gap is about connected data, not software, and the project that shows the right order.

A $1 Billion Warehouse Deal Bets That Data Centers Now Drive the Rent Next Door

A $1 Billion Warehouse Deal Bets That Data Centers Now Drive the Rent Next Door

Investors paid $1 billion for 38 warehouses partly on a 15% data center-related leasing share. Why AI demand now spills into ordinary industrial space and makes grid capacity an underwriting variable.

$6.1 Million an Acre: The Interconnection Becomes the Most Valuable Improvement on the Parcel

$6.1 Million an Acre: The Interconnection Becomes the Most Valuable Improvement on the Parcel

A Sterling, Virginia data center site sold for $6.1 million an acre. With interconnection queues running seven years, the grid connection has become the most valuable improvement on a parcel.

DG Matrix Builds the Power Router for Data Centers Today, and the Building of Tomorrow

DG Matrix Builds the Power Router for Data Centers Today, and the Building of Tomorrow

DG Matrix's Interport solid-state transformer delivers native 800 VDC at 98.5% efficiency and collapses 10-20 legacy components into one intelligent hub. Its orders serve data centers today; the technology points to programmable power at the building

Data Center Transformer Shortage: $750B AI Capex Hits a Power Bottleneck in 2026

Data Center Transformer Shortage: $750B AI Capex Hits a Power Bottleneck in 2026

Up to 30–50% of 2026 data centers face delay from a data center transformer shortage and switchgear sold out through 2028. See how 3–5 year lead times reprice industrial property via a speed‑to‑power premium—and what that means for owners now.

Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (6/17/26 Edition)

Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (6/17/26 Edition)

Grid reliability, utility rate hikes, data center demand, and evolving energy policy. Explore the biggest developments shaping commercial real estate, electrification, and energy resilience this week.